Chen Erlang not only writes well, but also works well. Chen Erlang became famous, and many people asked him to write a pair.
It stands to reason that a man like Chen Erlang, who has both talents and looks and is not worried about food and clothing, should have no problem marrying a wife. But Chen Erlang met this problem when he was old enough to talk about marriage. The girl is good-looking, but he doesn't want to be illiterate; The girl has read books, but he doesn't want those ugly ones; There are also girls with outstanding talents and looks, but most of them are young ladies from official families. Chen Erlang attaches great importance to them, but some people look down on him as a scholar. So his marriage stumped the matchmaker, and he himself was very upset.
One day, Chen Erlang was taking a nap in his room. At this moment, a student named A Niu screamed and ran in: "Sir! Sir ... "
Chen Erlang was woken up and asked A Niu what happened. A Niu said that when he came home, loach and bamboo roots stopped him on the road and took away the fruit cage he had hidden in his schoolbag. Chen Erlang said angrily, "What a suck! Who told you to play with slugs while reading? " A Niu turned angrily when he saw that the teacher criticized him instead of making a decision for him.
"Stop!" Chen Erlang stopped A Niu and said, "In order to make you remember it for a long time, I will punish you for making a pair and hand in the next couplet when you go to school this afternoon." After that, I wrote the first couplet on the paper: the students were stunned by the afternoon dream.
In the afternoon, when A Niu was at school, he made the next couplet: Mr. Wang was alone on his pillow.
Chen Erlang changed his face and said, "Good boy, is this right?" As soon as Chen Erlang picked up the ruler, he was afraid of being slapped and said calmly, "Those are my sister's."
"Really?" Chen Erlang was taken aback. He knew that A Niu had a younger sister named Xingping, but he had never met her. However, A Niu's family is very poor. Has his sister read a book? Look at this couplet. The characters are written by A Niu, but the simple seven characters reveal unusual skills. They are trying to tease him. So Chen Erlang asked A Niu how old his sister was, how many years she had studied, what she was doing at home and so on. A Niu said that his sister 18 years old didn't go to school. She learns from her grandfather, who is also a scholar.
The next day, Chen Erlang found the Guo cage that the loach family was going back to A Niu, and then went to A Niu's house on the pretext of sending the Guo cage, and met A Niu's sister Xing Ping, but only secretly looked at her when talking with A Niu's father. Miss Xingping just glanced at him. It was this look that made him's spaced out. It was the beauty of Xingping girl.
On the third day, Chen Erlang wrote the first part and asked A Niu to give it to his sister quietly. Chen Erlang smiled when A Niu handed her sister's second couplet. It turned out that his first couplet was: the mountains are high and the streams are deep, so how can a woodcutter move his axe?
Miss Xingping understands that Chen Erlang followed her "Mr. Du Mian" out of this couplet. Knowing that Chen Erlang had misunderstood, she blushed and had to reply a couplet: the weather was dry and the water was shallow, urging the fishermen to turn back as soon as possible.
Chen Erlang is a clever man. After reading the bottom line of Miss Xingping's return, he surprisedly guessed that Miss Xingping was married. So I went to Guo matchmaker to make peace. Guo matchmaker went to Xingping's house to inquire about it. Sure enough, Miss Xingping had a family and decided to "marry early": when she was a child, Miss Xingping married the children of the Gaos in the neighboring village, and because the two adults were family friends, they were engaged.
Guo matchmaker's words annoyed Chen Erlang. He knows that emotional things can't be forced, so he has to "turn back early." But he is still angry in his heart. It is strange that Miss Xingping should not tease him with "moving her heart". So he asked A Niu to bring a pair of couplets to his sister: Bamboo is unintentional, what are the extra branches and leaves? When she went to school the next day, A Niu handed her sister's next couplet to the teacher: Lovely lotus root, no sludge in her belly.
"Alas, what a talented woman, a beautiful woman ..." Chen Erlang sighed, and it was really predestined friends. He always dreamed of dream of apricot's handsome appearance, and people lost weight after reasoning.
On this day, Guo matchmaker came to the door. As soon as she saw Chen Erlang, she held out her hand and said, "Erlang, if you want to marry a good daughter-in-law, I will take it." Bring twelve taels of silver! "
"Which prostitute is it?"
"Xingping!"
"Don't be ridiculous," Chen Erlang said with a smile. "Didn't you say they were engaged to get married early?"
"That's a lie!"
It turned out that when Guo matchmaker went to Xingping's house to match Chen Erlang, Xingping had long felt that his request was too high from Chen Erlang's previous experience of finding a partner and flatly refused. Because her younger brother was studying in Chen Erlang's school, she was afraid that offending Chen Erlang would bring bad consequences to her younger brother, so she sent Guo Matchmaker two liters of rice for her to prevaricate. In this way, Guo's matchmaker fabricated an excuse for Xing Ping's decision to "marry early".
It turned out that since Xingping asked Chen Erlang to "turn back early", she forgot about it. But one day, A Niu stayed at home after only half a day of class. Xing Ping asked her brother why he didn't go to class this afternoon. A Niu said that the teacher was ill and had a holiday. Xing Ping asked the teacher what happened to her. A Niu said he didn't know, so he heard him lying in bed reciting poems. Singing poetry when you are sick? Xingping felt strange and asked the teacher what poem she was reciting. A Niu said that he only remembered the first two sentences, which seemed to be "apricot face and peach cheeks, but occasionally ..."
Xing Ping was surprised. I didn't expect Chen Caizi, whose eyes are up to the top of his head, to write his name in Tibetan poems. As soon as she was excited, she went to Guo's matchmaker and said, "If Jiro is interested, this girl will promise him."
Guo matchmaker immediately went to Chen Erlang's house to report the good news. Chen Erlang was overjoyed and quickly took out twelve taels of silver to ask Guo Matchmaker to do good deeds. Guo matchmaker took the silver and left happily. ...
Cut the gossip. On the wedding night, I didn't expect the bride to be happy and make waves, saying, "Husband, I'll match a pair. If you deserve it, you can go into the room and go to bed." If it's not right, I'll punish you for spending the night outside your room. How's it going? Chen Erlang said, "This is an elegant thing. Please ask your wife to go out and surf the Internet." . "
At this time, it is the middle of winter. Xing Ping looked at a round of Leng Yue in the sky and suddenly got inspiration. He said, "There are few stars in the moon, so it will not rain tonight." Unexpectedly, Chen Erlang immediately recited, "It's freezing in the cold, and this night will naturally become frost."
If Chen Erlang is not worthy of Xingping's first couplet, they will definitely not be able to talk about staying outside for the night. She hinted that she would "not talk to him" with "it won't rain"; Unexpectedly, Chen Erlang was right without thinking, subtly suggesting that "Cheng Shuang" would be "paired" with her.
Chen Caizi really lives up to his reputation, and Xing Ping is affectionate. When she is excited, she can't help but throw herself into Chen Erlang's bosom treasure. ...